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Symmetry and model checking

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We show how to exploit symmetry in model checking for concurrent systems containing many identical or isomorphic components. We focus in particular on those composed of many isomorphic processes. In many cases we are able to obtain significant, even exponential, savings in the complexity of model checking.

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  1. Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

    E. Allen Emerson

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

    A. Prasad Sistla

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The author's work was supported in part by NSF Grant CCR 941-5496, Semiconductor Research Corporation Contract 95-DP-388, and Texas Advanced Technology Program Grant 003658-250.

The author's work was supported in part by NSF Grant CCR-9212183.

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Emerson, E.A., Sistla, A.P. Symmetry and model checking. Form Method Syst Des 9, 105–131 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625970

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